Warning Sign About Our Environment

It’s time to talk about Texas dirty air, especially in this hot summer. We need to seriously be more concern about this. This is related to our health. San Antonio, Houston, Austin and Dallas have the highest number of respiratory and cancer causing by contaminate air in the state. As people already know, cancer is a very dangerous disease that anyone would not want to have. But if they have a cancer, then they are in great risk. People who live in hot area near the industry or autos, etc…are more likely found to be at risk in having cancer. There are 100 in 1 million cancer risks whereas the national average is 36 in 1 million. So that’s why keeping our environment clean and healthy will leave us a good result. The Texas Legislature shouldn’t allow the companies to have the flexible permit or to be called the “license to pollute”. Our air is being polluted. The government should lessen the toxic gas from polluting our environment that comes from the factories and not letting them pollute more. Keeping the air clean will give people a healthier life to prevent from having diseases. The government needs to take action on the coal- fired power plant. They need to put on some restriction before the use of coal goes over limit. The New Jersey-based NRG Energy Inc. is planning to expand the power plant in Jewett to burn an additional 4.3 million tons of coal every year. This would only increase the amount of carbon dioxide to 10 million tons a year. As we know that the more coal we burn, the more carbon dioxide gets release from it. This has a greater impact on global warming, one of our major issue. We need to try to take action in preventing this gas from entering into our atmosphere by not letting it release an abundant amount. One person can make a difference and help to stop global warming. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality commissioner said, “Now is the time for Texas to look forward to a clean energy future by rejecting the dirty energy sources of our past.” I hope that everyone should have more responsibilities for the environment so that we can have a fresh air and healthy life.

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